Episodes
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TRP Pod. Genesis 9. The Flood
In this week's pod, Josh and Laura discuss the flood narrative in Genesis 6–9. Here are some highlights: (1) this section of Genesis is not meant to be read as a historical reporting of real events, (2) other cultures have their own flood stories, some of which predate Genesis, (3) the…
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TRP Pod. Mark 9. The Transfiguration.
Josh and Laura talk a bunch of nonsense and (also) discuss a classic kids' Sunday school story from the book of Mark.
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TRP Pod. Jonah 3. Fishes, Dogs, Melodrama, and a Figurative Reading of a Famous Kids' Story
This week, Collin, Tessa, and Josh talk about Jonah! We'll cut to the chase in the description ... it isn't a historical story. But what does it mean? 21 January 2024
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TRP Pod. 1 Samuel 3. Hearing from God, Scary Visions, and Homemade Ephods
Josh and Tessa talk a bunch of nonsense and (also) discuss a classic kids' Sunday school story from the book of Samuel. 14 January 2024 Tessa's pop culture references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhyHsu2iwps
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TRP. Genesis 1. Experience, Evolution, and a More Figurative Reading of the Creation Stories
Our lectionary passage for this week is Genesis 1:1–5, a well-known, not-at-all-controversial, and theologically dense text. Chris and Laura join Josh in Tessa's kitchen to talk about it. 7 January 2024
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TRP Advent. Week 4.
Advent sets aside time and space for hopeful anticipation during 4 weeks leading up to Christmas; our lives, however, are characterized during this time by busy schedules, buying gifts, holiday baking, going to events, spending sometimes challenging time with family. Advent asks us to look above…
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TRP Advent. Week 3.
Advent sets aside time and space for hopeful anticipation during 4 weeks leading up to Christmas; our lives, however, are characterized during this time by busy schedules, buying gifts, holiday baking, going to events, spending sometimes challenging time with family. Advent asks us to look above…
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TRP Advent. Week 2.
Advent sets aside time and space for hopeful anticipation during 4 weeks leading up to Christmas; our lives, however, are characterized during this time by busy schedules, buying gifts, holiday baking, going to events, spending sometimes challenging time with family. Advent asks us to look above…
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TRP Advent. Week 1.
Advent sets aside time and space for hopeful anticipation during 4 weeks leading up to Christmas; our lives, however, are characterized during this time by busy schedules, buying gifts, holiday baking, going to events, spending sometimes challenging time with family. Advent asks us to look above…
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TRP. Joshua 02. Rahab and the Spies
TRP. Joshua 02. Rahab and the Spies by restoresby
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TRP. Joshua 01. Joshua and Moses and ... Josiah?
Josh and Tessa (but mostly Josh) talk about all things (well, some things) Joshua 1, and let me tell you ... it gets nerdtastic. Hosts: Josh James and Tessa Stultz Text: Joshua 1 Date: 23 January 2023 restoresby.org
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All the Way Gay
Our very own Suzi Peterson tells the story of her eldest daughter coming out, and how christians responded. Please note, there is an "audience participation" element during this sermon and the audio gets a little *funky*. The cicadas were out in full force that Sunday. Many apologies.
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Job. Week 03. Divine Councils, Ha-Sahtahn, and the Defense of God's Honor
4 April 2022. the restoration project www.restoresby.org Hosts: Josh James (pastor) and Tessa Stultz (graphic designer/muralist/Enneagram 4/creative who likes Phoebe Bridgers)
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Job. Week 02. Salt-n-Pepa, Brandon Sanderson, and a Bunch of Stuff Tangentially Related to Job 1:1-5
25 March 2022. the restoration project www.restoresby.org Hosts: Josh James (pastor) and Tessa Stultz (graphic designer/muralist/Enneagram 4/creative who likes Phoebe Bridgers)
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Job. Week 01. Wisdom, Job, and Why the Bible isn't Super Specific on Most Things
18 March 2022. the restoration project www.restoresby.org Hosts: Josh James (pastor) and Tessa Stultz (graphic designer/muralist/Enneagram 4/creative who likes Phoebe Bridgers)
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TRP Podcast. Psalms. Psalm 13
Josh and Tessa are sticking with the laments in this week's podcast, as they chat about Psalm 13. Called the "paradigm" of lament psalms, Psalm 13 provides a good entryway into the world of petitioning God ... although, it's also a bit weird. The poem jumps from what seems to be a terrible...
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TRP Podcast. Psalms. Psalm 3
In this episode, Josh and Tessa talk about all sorts of things ... some of them are even related to Psalm 3. the restoration project. 27 February 2022 www.restoresby.org
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TRP Podcast. Psalms. Introduction
So this series is a bit random. I (Josh) had to do some writing on Psalms. More specifically, I had to write 5 sermons on 5 psalms. I used this series to help "motivate" me to finish them. There is no real rhyme or reason as to why I selected these five psalms. They aren't connected in any...
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TRP Podcast. Advent Week 3, On Puppets, Calling, and Vipers
TRP Podcast. Advent Week 3, On Puppets, Calling, and Vipers by restoresby
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TRP Podcast. Advent Week 2 (or Josh's 90 minute explanation of his 25 minute sermon)
Ok, if you've ever been to a church service, you know that sometimes the sermons don't really land. It's try for us too. Last week's sermon, for a example, was a little under-baked. Good thing we have a podcast that allows Josh to try and explain "what he had meant to say." The reason why this…
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TRP Podcast. It's Advent, so Let's Have a Little Chat about the End of the World
It's Advent, people. And you know what that means ... The lectionary assigns some pretty weird, very non-Christmasy Bible stories, like this week's text from Luke 21. This text has *everything: signs in the sun, moon, and stars; people fainting from fear and foreboding; the powers of heavens...
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TRP Podcast. Anderson Collin Denton Talks about Irony, Insurrection, and Goat Skin Bibles
This week, we were graced with the presence of one, Anderson Collin (not to be confused with "Tyler") Denton, TRP's new worship leader/sometimes preacher. Since you don't know him, we try to get you caught up to speed on what this North Carolinian is all about, and we talk about Jesus and other...
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TRP Podcast. On Tragedies, Saying "I Don't Know," and Avoiding BS Pop Spirituality
We have a special guest on the pod this week ... our very own, Associate Pastor, Suzi Peterson, who happened to handle the preaching duties at TRP on Sunday. As you'll hear, she went rogue, because sometimes the passages from the lectionary ain't cutting it. In the life of any church (and any...
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TRP Podcast. Preacher Sneakers, Religious Institutions, the Vulnerable, and Turning the Gem
Our text on the pod this week is sort of a two-parter. First, Jesus rails against the religious leaders for their self-aggrandizement and for preying on the vulnerable. (This opens up all sorts of discussion about cool clothes, sneakers, and the ever popular, "long prayers.") And then, in the…
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TRP Podcast. Torn Temple Veils, Run-of-the-Mill Zombies, and Saying Stuff Didn't Really Happen
Things are getting *spooky* on the pod this week as Josh and Tessa chat about a really weird passage in Matthew's Gospel (Matthew 27:51-54). The real question is—what's spookier, zombies in the New Testament or something in the Bible not being historical?! Hosts: Josh James (pastor) and Tessa...
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TRP Podcast. Sketchy Bathroom Locks, Jack Black's Dance Moves, and Getting on the Road
This week, Josh and Tessa talk about Jesus healing Bart, you know, the Son of Timaeus (the Son of Timaeus) from Mark 10. In addition to loads of biblical nerd stuff, they also talk miracles, accessibility, and the necessity of community transformation. Hosts: Josh James (pastor) and Tessa Stultz...
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TRP Podcast. Jesus in New Balances, Barry Bonds' Earring, and Living Differently
This week, Josh and Tessa are talking about Mark 10.32-45. Jesus predicts his death (again ...) and the disciples don't get it (again ...). In fact, two of the twelve have a little side chat about sitting on Jesus' left and right when he "enters his glory" in Jerusalem. Naturally, this provides…
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TRP Podcast. On Rich People, 1st C. Jewish Sayings, and Abstinence-Only Skit Troupes
Ok. So it's been a while since we've uploaded a sermon. (Many apologies.) Part of the reason for that is ... we have been having more conversations lately than normal "sermons." And it's hard to capture the magic of what happens on a Sunday night conversation. So here's what we are doing. We are...
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Who You Say I Am. Live from Beer + Hymns (Hillsong Cover)
This was so long ago, I'm not sure who was playing. Tessa Stultz was singing. Bethany Jubilee was on the violin. And some other really talented folks were playing music. (*If you like the graphic, Tessa designed a shirt. Check it out here:...
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Guest Speaker. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Jesus, The Temple, And Prophetic Sign Acts
Guest Speaker. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Jesus, The Temple, And Prophetic Sign Acts by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 09
Joseph. Week 09 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 08
Joseph. Week 08 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 07
Joseph. Week 07 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 06
Joseph. Week 06 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 05
Joseph. Week 05 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 04
Joseph. Week 04 by restoresby
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Joseph. Week 03. Judah and Tamar
I know what you’re thinking. “Isn’t this a series on Joseph?” Yes. Yes, it is. But the way the story is told, the author interposes a chapter on one of Joseph’s brothers, Judah. It seems completely unrelated, and for many years scholars affirmed that conclusion. But really ... it has a lot of…
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Joseph. Week 02. Dreams That Don't Go Over Real Well
Joseph has some dreams ... and they don't go over too well with the brothers. In fact, they want to murder him. (Spoiler: They don't. But they do sell him into slavery.) the restoration project. Joshua James. 17 January 2021
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Joseph. Week 01. The Background
New SERIES! We're talking about Joseph. You may know the story — punk kid, coat of many colors (although that's probably a bad translation), has a few dreams, brothers sell him into Egyptian slavery, succeeds and takes on a bunch of responsibility, gets accused of rape, goes to prison, interprets...
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Advent 2020. Fear Not. Week 04. Shepherds
the restoration project. Joshua James. 20 December 2020
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Advent 2020. Fear Not. Week 03. Joseph
Our Advent series this year is themed around the recurring command, "Do Not Fear." It appears throughout the birth narratives of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This week, we focus on Joseph. He's usually "the guy who has to believe his wife when she said she didn't cheat on him." (She...
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Advent 2020. Fear Not. Week 02. Mary
Our Advent series this year is themed around the recurring command, "Do Not Fear." It appears throughout the birth narratives of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This week, we focus on Mary, an 8th grader (more or less), who I think we have broadly misunderstood. When Luke places her…
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Advent 2020. Do Not Fear. Week 01. Zechariah
the restoration project. Joshua James. 29 November 2020
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James the Sage. Week 13
the restoration project. Joshua James
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James the Sage. Week 11
the restoration project. Joshua James
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A Little Post-Election Church Talk
the restoration project. Joshua James
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James the Sage. Week 12
the restoration project. Joshua James
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James the Sage. Week 09
the restoration project. Joshua James
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Suzi Talks about Life and Leviticus.
the restoration project. Suzi Peterson. 11 October 2020
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James the Sage. Week 08
the restoration project. Joshua James. 04 October 2020
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